The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-11-10

TWENTY-FIVE dead bodies Of persons who
went down in the recent wreck of the
steamer Vernon on Lake Michigan Were
found on the I'd, and were at Two Rivers,
Wis, awaiting identifc cation.
In the Sixth District of Louisiana the
Democrats on the I'd elected s. NJ Robert
son member OF Congress-
THE National Cattle Growers Association
in convention at Kansas City adjourned on
the I'd after electing W. A Towers president
for the en- uing year
The late Ellhu B. Washburne's will was
admitted to probate in Chicago on the ID
The bulk of the estate, amounting to about
1855, 600, is divided between his five sur
viving children
AT Steubenville, O., on the I'd while
crossing the railway tracks Miss Hattie Tur-
ner was fatally injured, and her escort,
John G. Beatty, instantly killed
GEORGE ARTHUR, United States Naval Sur
geon, was killed near Salem, Va, on the ID
by falling from q train He was on his way
to Shelbyyille, Tenn, to be married.
Ar the coal mines near Evansville, Ind
the laborers returned to work on the I'd at
the old rates They had been out since the
middle OF September.
A. D. GARRETT's farm house at Spencer,
O.. was destroyed by fire on the I'd, and
hts two imbecile daughters perished in the
flames.
Ar the Union depot In St Louis ON the
Sd John Robinson's circus-train was
wrecked and many animals were liberated,
causing panic, but the beasts were secured
before any harm was done.
REPORTS received from Portia, Ark. say
that the woods for ten miles around had been
on fire for four days, and that cotton-fie.d .ds
had been burned md corn-cribs, barns,
dwelling houses and fields ruined.
EARLY on the morning Of the Sd number
Of masked men stopped Denver q Rio
Grand express train near Grand Junction,
Col, compe ling the employees to leave Their
positions, and then robbed the passengers
and cut the mail pouches and carried Oh
the contents Of the registered packages
FRED HANSEN, proprietor Of the Galloway
House at Eau Claire, Wis, and former
clerk named Edward Richardson had dis
pute on the Sd. and in the fight which fol-
lowed both men were fatally shot
SPIES, + eden end Echwab, three of the
condemned Chicago Anarchists, had, it wae
announced on the Sd, signed petition to
Governor Oglesby for Communication OF
sentence. -...
FIRE destroyed the entire business por.
tion of the village of Cast ALA. O., on the Sd
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
ADvIcEs OF the 31sG nit say lat thou.
sands of lives had been lost and an im-
mense amount OF property damaged by thr
Emperor of Ch na had given SIS, ,OOO, 600 fo1
its improvement
TEE three months sentence passed upon
William OBrien, NJ r by the magistrates al
Mitchellstown for using seditious language in
his speech at that place, was confirmed at
Dublin on the 31st ult, and Mr.. O'Brien was
placed in Jail.
FIRE destroyed the town of Klusin, in the
providence Of Minsk, Russia, on the 1st
Three hundred and fifty houses and num-
ber OF stores were burned and many lives
were lost.
THROUGHOUT England on the 1st, furi-
GUS gale ragged causing considerable dam.
age to telegraph wires and resulting In 8
number OF minor causalittes
The British bark Temple Bar, bound fol
Rio Janeiro went down in the British chan.
mel on the 1st, and the crew, numbering
eighteen. were lost
COUNT DE LEssEPs made the statement
to the Academy OF Science in Paris on the
1st that the Panama canal would be opened
February 3. 1870
DURING the ten expired months OF 1887
the number of persons who emigrated from
Germany to the United States is upward oi
ten thousand greater than that for the cor
responding period Of 1886.
The death of Jenny Lind, the Swedish
Nightingale" occurred on the 2din London
at the age Of six y-six yeara She first
made her appearance in public as singer
In London in 1S49, and In 1850 appearel
in the United States under the auspices o1
p T. Barnum
EXTENSIVE gold fields in South Africa wers
reported on the I'd to have been discovered
The Gladstonians scored victory at the
municipal elections in England on the I'd.
AT Matlock, Eng, twenty-five men los
their lives in a lead mine on the Sd OWNS
to an explosion OF e-damp
AT meeting Of the British Cabinet OF
the Sd it was resolved to continue it's pres
ent vigorous policy in Ireland. especially a
regards speeches at proclaimed meetingA
The Truro cathedral, which was opened
on the Sd, is the first one built by the Es
tablished church in England since the Re
formation.
FIFrY-NINE fishermen Of Boulogne had, /,
was reported. on the Sd lost their lives II
a recent gale. At Etables seven bodie!
dashed together had been washed ashore